changed-files-matrix¶
A job per service that changed, the usual use of a changed-files action.
The usual use of a changed-files action: build a matrix from it. One job per service that changed, each with its own image and command.
flowchart LR
s0["test billing"]
s1["test search"]
s2["test web"]
The steps this script plans for a push about which nothing is known. An arrow is a needs.
# The usual use of a changed-files action: build a matrix from it. One job per
# service that changed, each with its own image and command.
#
# In a workflow that takes a job to find the changes, write them to an output,
# and read that back in `strategy.matrix`. Here the list is there already, and
# a matrix is a loop.
SERVICES = {
"billing": {"path": "services/billing", "image": "golang:1.26", "test": "go test ./..."},
"search": {"path": "services/search", "image": "python:3.13-slim", "test": "pip install -e . && pytest -q"},
"web": {"path": "services/web", "image": "node:22-bookworm-slim", "test": "npm ci && npm test"},
}
# Changes to these affect every service.
SHARED = ["libs/**", "proto/**", ".ci.star"]
def ci(ctx):
files = ctx.changed_files
everything = not files or match_files(files, include = SHARED)
# A filter for each service: its own directory, except its docs.
hit = paths_filter(files, {name: [s["path"] + "/**", "!" + s["path"] + "/**/*.md"] for name, s in SERVICES.items()})
steps = []
for name in sorted(SERVICES):
if everything or hit[name]:
s = SERVICES[name]
steps.append(step(
"test " + name,
image = s["image"],
run = "cd {} && {}".format(s["path"], s["test"]),
inputs = [s["path"]] + SHARED[:2],
))
return steps
# Generated by `starci compile` from changed-files-matrix.ci.star. Edit that, not this.
#
# Each job is one step of the plan: the same image, command, tools and
# packages, given only the step's inputs. A job skips its work when it has
# already passed with the same inputs.
#
# What does not carry over:
# - The script decides by which files a commit changed. A workflow file
# cannot, so it does what the script does when nothing is known about the
# changes, on every run.
# - Passes are remembered in this repository's Actions cache, which GitHub
# scopes by branch and evicts when old. starci's own store has neither
# limit.
name: CI
on:
push:
branches: ['**']
tags: ['**']
pull_request:
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
test-billing:
name: "test billing"
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
sparse-checkout: |
/libs/**
/proto/**
/services/billing
- name: Has this already passed with these inputs?
id: passed
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ${{ runner.temp }}/starci-passed
key: starci-passed-test-billing-836f4d77f009068d-${{ hashFiles('libs/**', 'proto/**', 'services/billing', 'services/billing/**') }}
- name: "test billing"
if: steps.passed.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
env:
STARCI_RUN: |-
cd services/billing && go test ./...
run: |
docker run --rm \
-v "$PWD:/workspace" \
-w /workspace \
golang:1.26 sh -c "$STARCI_RUN"
- name: Remember this pass
if: steps.passed.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
run: mkdir -p "$RUNNER_TEMP/starci-passed" && date > "$RUNNER_TEMP/starci-passed/at"
test-search:
name: "test search"
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
sparse-checkout: |
/libs/**
/proto/**
/services/search
- name: Has this already passed with these inputs?
id: passed
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ${{ runner.temp }}/starci-passed
key: starci-passed-test-search-7236df2961ce5034-${{ hashFiles('libs/**', 'proto/**', 'services/search', 'services/search/**') }}
- name: "test search"
if: steps.passed.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
env:
STARCI_RUN: |-
cd services/search && pip install -e . && pytest -q
run: |
docker run --rm \
-v "$PWD:/workspace" \
-w /workspace \
python:3.13-slim sh -c "$STARCI_RUN"
- name: Remember this pass
if: steps.passed.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
run: mkdir -p "$RUNNER_TEMP/starci-passed" && date > "$RUNNER_TEMP/starci-passed/at"
test-web:
name: "test web"
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
sparse-checkout: |
/libs/**
/proto/**
/services/web
- name: Has this already passed with these inputs?
id: passed
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ${{ runner.temp }}/starci-passed
key: starci-passed-test-web-3dfffd0cd8693434-${{ hashFiles('libs/**', 'proto/**', 'services/web', 'services/web/**') }}
- name: "test web"
if: steps.passed.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
env:
STARCI_RUN: |-
cd services/web && npm ci && npm test
run: |
docker run --rm \
-v "$PWD:/workspace" \
-w /workspace \
node:22-bookworm-slim sh -c "$STARCI_RUN"
- name: Remember this pass
if: steps.passed.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
run: mkdir -p "$RUNNER_TEMP/starci-passed" && date > "$RUNNER_TEMP/starci-passed/at"
# Generated by `starci compile --target circleci` from changed-files-matrix.ci.star. Edit that, not this.
#
# Each job is one step of the plan: the same image, command, tools and
# packages, given only the step's inputs. A job skips its work when it has
# already passed with the same inputs.
#
# What does not carry over:
# - The script reads ctx.changed_files, so its plan depends on the commit.
# This file is the plan for a commit about which nothing is known, and is
# the same for every push: steps the script would add or drop for a
# particular branch or set of changed files are not represented.
# - Passes are remembered in this project's CircleCI cache, which expires.
# starci's own store does not.
version: 2.1
jobs:
test-billing:
machine:
image: ubuntu-2404:current
resource_class: medium
steps:
- checkout
- run:
name: "Keep only this step's inputs"
command: |
git sparse-checkout set --no-cone '/libs/**' '/proto/**' '/services/billing'
- run:
name: "Identify the inputs"
command: |
git ls-files -s -- ':(top,glob)libs/**' ':(top,glob)proto/**' ':(top,literal)services/billing' > /tmp/starci-inputs
- restore_cache:
name: Has this already passed with these inputs?
keys:
- starci-passed-test-billing-836f4d77f009068d-{{ checksum "/tmp/starci-inputs" }}
- run:
name: "Stop here if it has"
command: |
if [ -e ~/starci-passed/at ]; then
echo "Passed before with the same inputs, on $(cat ~/starci-passed/at). Nothing to do."
circleci-agent step halt
fi
- run:
name: "test billing"
environment:
STARCI_RUN: |-
cd services/billing && go test ./...
command: |
docker run --rm \
-v "$PWD:/workspace" \
-w /workspace \
golang:1.26 sh -c "$STARCI_RUN"
- run:
name: "Remember this pass"
command: |
mkdir -p ~/starci-passed && date > ~/starci-passed/at
- save_cache:
key: starci-passed-test-billing-836f4d77f009068d-{{ checksum "/tmp/starci-inputs" }}
paths:
- ~/starci-passed
test-search:
machine:
image: ubuntu-2404:current
resource_class: medium
steps:
- checkout
- run:
name: "Keep only this step's inputs"
command: |
git sparse-checkout set --no-cone '/libs/**' '/proto/**' '/services/search'
- run:
name: "Identify the inputs"
command: |
git ls-files -s -- ':(top,glob)libs/**' ':(top,glob)proto/**' ':(top,literal)services/search' > /tmp/starci-inputs
- restore_cache:
name: Has this already passed with these inputs?
keys:
- starci-passed-test-search-7236df2961ce5034-{{ checksum "/tmp/starci-inputs" }}
- run:
name: "Stop here if it has"
command: |
if [ -e ~/starci-passed/at ]; then
echo "Passed before with the same inputs, on $(cat ~/starci-passed/at). Nothing to do."
circleci-agent step halt
fi
- run:
name: "test search"
environment:
STARCI_RUN: |-
cd services/search && pip install -e . && pytest -q
command: |
docker run --rm \
-v "$PWD:/workspace" \
-w /workspace \
python:3.13-slim sh -c "$STARCI_RUN"
- run:
name: "Remember this pass"
command: |
mkdir -p ~/starci-passed && date > ~/starci-passed/at
- save_cache:
key: starci-passed-test-search-7236df2961ce5034-{{ checksum "/tmp/starci-inputs" }}
paths:
- ~/starci-passed
test-web:
machine:
image: ubuntu-2404:current
resource_class: medium
steps:
- checkout
- run:
name: "Keep only this step's inputs"
command: |
git sparse-checkout set --no-cone '/libs/**' '/proto/**' '/services/web'
- run:
name: "Identify the inputs"
command: |
git ls-files -s -- ':(top,glob)libs/**' ':(top,glob)proto/**' ':(top,literal)services/web' > /tmp/starci-inputs
- restore_cache:
name: Has this already passed with these inputs?
keys:
- starci-passed-test-web-3dfffd0cd8693434-{{ checksum "/tmp/starci-inputs" }}
- run:
name: "Stop here if it has"
command: |
if [ -e ~/starci-passed/at ]; then
echo "Passed before with the same inputs, on $(cat ~/starci-passed/at). Nothing to do."
circleci-agent step halt
fi
- run:
name: "test web"
environment:
STARCI_RUN: |-
cd services/web && npm ci && npm test
command: |
docker run --rm \
-v "$PWD:/workspace" \
-w /workspace \
node:22-bookworm-slim sh -c "$STARCI_RUN"
- run:
name: "Remember this pass"
command: |
mkdir -p ~/starci-passed && date > ~/starci-passed/at
- save_cache:
key: starci-passed-test-web-3dfffd0cd8693434-{{ checksum "/tmp/starci-inputs" }}
paths:
- ~/starci-passed
workflows:
ci:
jobs:
- test-billing
- test-search
- test-web
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